Corsair Nautilus500

I must admit I've been a fan of Corsair memory for sometime, and use it on my work box, and I have a Corsair PSU on my game box.

So naturally I was drawn to checking out the Nautilus500, seems cheap and easy to use.

What's the thoughts on this?

http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair/nautilus_500.html

THANKS

not a good performer, it would be a better idea to get a tuniq tower.


if you want water cooling. you'll need to get a custom kit. or a swiftech kit.

darkcow said:

not a good performer, it would be a better idea to get a tuniq tower.


if you want water cooling. you'll need to get a custom kit. or a swiftech kit.

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Ok please show us some of these custom kits?

swiftech I know already.

are there any good kits that are completely external ?

I'm afraid of using a tuniq tower and wrecking the motherboard. These big HSFs have always scared me away from using them.

DasFox said:

I'm afraid of using a tuniq tower and wrecking the motherboard. These big HSFs have always scared me away from using them.

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as long as you do it correctly, there is no danger.


and there isn't such a thing as a "good" kit. the only one that I've seen worth it is swiftech because it uses the parts i would use. but they just tack on 20 or so dollars for ease of use.



and i don't like external loops, but you can do it by making your own box and move all the pumps/rad/res outside.

Petrastechshop.com has some nice kits IMO.

I think I'm just going to get a Zalman 9700NT

zalman 9700 weights 764g, tuniq - 798g + 50 for a fan. for only 84 grams more you can get much better performance.

http://www.zalman.co.kr/usa/product/view.asp?idx=229&pr_name=9700

http://www.tuniq.com.tw/Cooler Info/Tower-120.htm

I have a corsair nautilus and am actually fairly pleased with it... load temps on my 4800 stay under 45C with minimul noise.
I am ordering a Black ice pro radiator to replace corsair's selection, and a very quiet 120mm fan to silence the only noise this thing makes.
http://forums.legitreviews.com/about6397.html Check out this link to see the difference a new radiator made.

No denying however, that a custom kit will outperform the corsair. It is as good however, as my XP-120 with a performance (that means loud) fan was. The external setup is a plus for me, as I am not one with the patience to build a custom external box.

Ducatti said:

I have a corsair nautilus and am actually fairly pleased with it... load temps on my 4800 stay under 45C with minimul noise.

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A Tuniq Tower or Ultra 120 will do that with a silent fan. I see no reason to spend the cash on that w/c setup, just stick with air or get a custom made w/c kit. If you have classifides access you can get some great deals on water cooling parts. I just picked up a fill port, MCP655 and a Storm for $102 shipped Priority.

Immortal_Hero said:

A Tuniq Tower or Ultra 120 will do that with a silent fan. I see no reason to spend the cash on that w/c setup, just stick with air or get a custom made w/c kit. If you have classifides access you can get some great deals on water cooling parts. I just picked up a fill port, MCP655 and a Storm for $102 shipped Priority.

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No doubt you can build a better solution cheaper... But I'm lazy... and the external setup is a must for me. My computer sits inside a desk enclosure with minimul air (I added a blow hole to the desk so that helped), my XP-120 usually kept me below 55C with the fan on full tilt. I have the corsair inside the enclosure right now and with orthos running I stay below 45C. With it outside of the enclosure I lose another 7C load... For me it was worth the money to lose the fan noise and the temps. I can guarentee someone would get better results from a custom built rig, no denying that. The corsair was a good entry point for me, someone who has reletively frequent batches of disposable income and plays with computers as a part time hobby. When I start getting serious about overclocking again I'll look into a nice custom built setup or maybe even phase, but at this point in my life I just want something easy to play with that gives me a little satisfaction.